<p>Wondering if both boys and girls, and if all sports teams are already offering/booking officals for the fall.</p>
<p>I know of one student with 2 officals booked.</p>
<p>Is this for Division I?</p>
<p>I know of this student with 2 officals booked–D1.</p>
<p>Just wondered how prevalent this is–is it varied by gender and sport etc…</p>
<p>Rising HS Senior - Womens Soccer</p>
<p>My daughter has two officials scheduled at DII schools in Oct. and two coach meetings this month at DIII’s (obviously no “officials” there but overnights tentative at the DIII’s in Sept)</p>
<p>Since July 1 opens up the phones…
Just wondered how many were already lining up officials…being asked to hold dates etc…
and which sports etc.</p>
<p>Back in the spring I heard about a jr boy-who verballed for baseball and a jr girl who verballed for soccer…</p>
<p>July 1st is the date coaches can proactively contact recruits (in the DI and DII sports that have limits) … however those coaches can respond to contacts initiated by students and HS and CLub coaches … given that opportunity I can easily see official visits and commitments being settled before the Julty 1st date.</p>
<p>^ Right, I know of several firm ones…
I wondered how prevalent that is…</p>
<p>Seems to be pretty common place. At least half dozen of my daughters classmates verbally committed to lacrosse coaches beginning midway through their junior year. One baseball player committed at during the same general period.</p>
<p>Aren’t these verbal commitments during junior year illegal?</p>
<p>Is there a good website for the basics on the NCAA rules? S is only going to be a sophomore, but I’m interested in learning the process now for D1, D2, D3. Thanks. </p>
<p>If you can’t post website here, pm me?</p>
<p>Here is a link to the rules:</p>
<p>[Recruiting</a> - NCAA.org](<a href=“http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/ncaa/NCAA/Legislation%20and%20Governance/Eligibility%20and%20Recruiting/Recruiting/recruiting.html]Recruiting”>http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/ncaa/NCAA/Legislation%20and%20Governance/Eligibility%20and%20Recruiting/Recruiting/recruiting.html)</p>
<p>Thank you, fendrock!</p>
<p>Verbal Commitment
This phrase is used to describe a college-bound student-athlete’s commitment to a school before he or she signs (or is able to sign) a National Letter of Intent. A college-bound student-athlete can announce a verbal commitment at any time. While verbal commitments have become very popular for both college-bound student-athletes and coaches, this “commitment” is NOT binding on either the college-bound student-athlete or the school. Only the signing of the National Letter of Intent accompanied by a financial aid agreement is binding on both parties.</p>
<p>Verbal commitment - so basically this means an athlete can tell a school it is the athlete’s first choice school?</p>
<p>Does this make any difference one way or the other if the school is not highly interested in the athlete already?</p>
<p>I as understand it–the verbal commitment comes AFTER the coach says we want you–will you commit to coming…</p>
<p>My OP is –
does your student have officials books already–sport/gender…
Just wondering if this differs from sport to sport etc</p>
<p>Officials are not verbals</p>
<p>Okay, so per the Div I rules:</p>
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<p>Since, as I understand it, these actions are not permitted during an athlete’s junior year of high school, I do not understand how a “verbal commitment” can be made before the July prior to the athlete’s senior year.</p>
<p>In my limited experience, contact and unofficial visits come to fruition only if the athlete initiates contact. </p>
<p>My daughter’s officials were scheduled during her junior year but the actual visit will not occur until fall of her senior year. We were able to do this because she initiated contact with the coaches… she invited them to watch her play at showcase tournaments her sophomore and junior years… she followed up with emails and has been the one to make the calls to coaches (not the other way around). </p>
<p>Verbal commitments junior year come based on the same process. If the athlete is willing to make an unofficial visit (on their own dime) than they may get to the point where they are comfortable enough with situation to verbally commit. </p>
<p>The key with the D1 quote you referenced is that these rules are for “staff members or athetics representatives” from the college and do not limit the athlete from arranging contact with the coach, staff or representative.</p>
<p>Yes, PTmajor, that makes sense to me - I was responding to fogfog’s comment that “the verbal commitment comes AFTER the coach says we want you.”</p>
<p>Sorry for the confusion; I misunderstood or misread. </p>
<p>That being said, it seems clear to me why verbal commitments come during junior year. Like the scenario in my previous post, the coach has met and/or seen the athlete play – only difference is that the school hasn’t paid for the trip/visit. Offers simply come during a conversation that was initiated by the athlete.</p>
<p>Yes, but there is a difference between the athlete say “I would like to play at your school” and the coach saying “I can commit to recruiting you.”</p>
<p>My sense of the NCAA rules is that a coach is NOT suppose to actively recruit an athlete during the athlete’s junior year - and to commit the athlete to the school IS an active recruitment.</p>
<p>Please correct me if you think I’m wrong…</p>